Fifth Place For McSharry in World Final

Image Cred: Andrea Staccioli/Inpho Mona McSharry swam 1:06.07 in the Breaststroke final to finish fifth in the world yesterday, July 24. McSharry recently broke the Irish Record for the 100m Breaststroke heading into the semi-finals, clinching an olympic qualification, with a time of 1:05.55. Monday, July 23, she swam her second fastest time, 1:05.96, in the semi-final, to advance herself …

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Mona McSharry Through to World Final with Olympic Qualification Time and New Irish Record

Mona McSharry lit up the Fukuoka World Championships pool this morning securing an Olympic Qualification Time for Paris 2024 in the 100m Breaststroke Heats. The Tokyo Olympic Finalist showed her class with a win in the penultimate heat to progress to this evening’s semi-final as the second fastest qualifier in 1:05.55. The time is the Sligo native’s first venture inside …

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McGing Bows Out of World Championships in Platform Preliminaries

Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile Ireland’s Ciara McGing has ended her World Championships in the preliminary stages of the 10M Platform in Fukuoka, Japan this morning. The 22-year-old completed the preliminaries on 244.90 in 28th place, her highest score coming for her opening dive, an inward 2 ½ somersaults with 56 points. Speaking after her event McGing commented “I’m obviously disappointed with …

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‘Mami Wata: Mmiri niile’: New Swimming Exhibition Opens At Sean McDermott Street Swimming Pool

Mami Wata: Mmiri niile is an exhibition about racial and other barriers to swimming, made with African women from across Dublin, by artist Chinedum Muotto. This free exhibition runs from Saturday, 24 June to Wednesday, 28 June 2023 in Sean McDermott Street Swimming Pool, Dublin. In 2021, as part of a Creative Residency in Art & Sport, Chinedum Muotto issued …

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Carson Prickett: First Player with Limb Difference to Compete on U.S. Women’s National Team

Professional soccer player Carson Prickett became the first player with a limb difference to compete in the U.S. Women’s National team last week.  Prickett was born without her left forearm and hand. The athlete has spoken about her confidence in herself on her social media platforms, especially throughout April which is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month. In an …

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